Officially, she had severe acute pneumonia in the left lung with empyema — a condition of pus in pleural cavity and common to pneumonia, according to a healthline.com. This condition was caused by chronic pulmonary obstruction disease due to hypertensive cardiac changes, Avolt said. This caused Ahlrich's death.

Ahlrich, who had been in jail since Jan. 4, was in a cell with other inmates around her when between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Jan. 12, these cellmates noticed something wasn't right with Ahlrich, Tippecanoe County Sheriff Bob Goldsmith said last month during a news briefing. Ahlrich died before any jail officers could help her.

Just a few hours earlier, jail officers passing out lunch trays were told there was something wrong with Powe, who had been booked into the jail about eight hours earlier around 3 a.m. Jan. 12.

Jail officers found Powe unresponsive, and paramedics rushed him to a hospital, where he died.

Powe died from acute mixture drug intoxication, Avolt said, noting his death was accidental. Results from toxicology showed that Powe had taken methamphetamine, smoked marijuana, and had used morphine, codeine and hydrocodone.

Powe was in jail after a standoff with Lafayette police outside 1409 S. 20th St. Officers were there to arrest Powe on outstanding warrants. He eventually surrendered when SWAT officers surrounded the house.

Besides Powe and Ahlrich's deaths on Jan. 12, there was a third medical emergency at the jail about 5 a.m. that day. That's when a 40-year-old man became combative with jail officers who were attempting to book him into the facility. During a struggle with officers, the man stopped breathing, Goldsmith said last month.

Paramedics rushed that man to a hospital, where he was revived. Later that day he was released on his own recognizance, Goldsmith said last month.

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